COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin visits with Brent Zwerneman earlier this summer. In this first offering of a four-part series, Sumlin discusses his name surfacing as an NFL head-coaching candidate, the importance of recruiting, and making sure his assistants have plenty of family time. The annual SEC football media days start on […]
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Two projected Texas A&M defensive starters have been suspended from most team activities after they were briefly jailed Monday at the Brazos County Jail Monday in connection with an April 7 incident at a College Station apartment complex. Texas A&M officials suspended defensive backs Deshazor Everett and Floyd Raven from all A&M football activities except […]
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UPDATED at 5:30 p.m. with response from College Station official: COLLEGE STATION – The Tweet heard ’round the college football world was much ado about something minor, but one more example of how the most scrutinized college athlete in the nation has followers dissecting his every word. Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel’s frustrated Twitter […]
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Don’t ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes — Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) June 16, 2013 COLLEGE STATION – Last Thursday night at the Brazos County A&M Club Coach’s Night, Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin wisecracked, “I think we’re going to be all […]
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Don’t ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes — Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) June 16, 2013 By John Brannen As fast as the legend of ‘Johnny Football’ grew, the Texas A&M poster boy is already looking forward to it being over. It was […]
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COLLEGE STATION – Once upon a time smack talk during a Coach’s Night didn’t reach the opposition until the next morning’s papers. That was before Twitter. Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman helped kickoff the Brazos County A&M Club Coach’s Night by claiming, “What do the moon and Texas A&M have in common? They both […]
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COLLEGE STATION – I caught up with Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman, UTSA athletic director Lynn Hickey and Roadrunners third-year coach Larry Coker this afternoon on UTSA visiting Kyle Field in 2016 and ’19, both years in November. Hyman: “They’re an FBS program, and playing a team in the state seems to be more […]
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COLLEGE STATION – UTSA has added a Southeastern Conference opponent to its future football nonconference lineup – one about three hours from San Antonio, a town loaded with Aggies. The Roadrunners will visit Texas A&M in 2016 and 2019, both years in November, according to a release from A&M. The first meeting will occur on […]
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